Christian woech



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WATGHMANS GLQGK. x 1%., 303,097. Patented Aug. 5, 1884.

UNITED STATES PATENT Enron.

CHRISTIAN VVORCH, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

WATCHMANS CLOCK.

SFEC'IFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,097, dated August5, 1884.

Application filed December 4. 1883. (No model.)

.To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN Woncrr, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District ofColumbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inW'atehmens Clocks; and I do hereby de clare the following to be a full,clear, and eX-. act description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame. My invention relates to improvements in that class of clockscalled watchmens or tell-tale clocks; and the object of my invention isto produce a very simple device or apparatus that can be easily appliedto any clock, so as to indicate the time at stated intervals,withoutfail, demanding the presence of the attendant at the specified timewhich it is desired to have marked; also, that it cannot be tamperedwith by the attendant; also, that it can be operated from a distant partof the building, so that the time is marked on the face of a clock in anoffice; and, also, that it is not liable to get out of order.

The invention consists, mainly, in a sliding frame provided on its facewith a number of pins or pegs, to be operated by a projection on one ofthe hands, and the device to be manipulated from the rear side of theclock.

It also consists in the construction and arrangement of certain detailsor parts, all of which will be more fully described hereinafter, andmore specifically pointed out in the claims, reference being had to theaccompanyingdrawings and the letters of reference marked thereon.

Like letters indicate like parts in the different figures of thedrawings, in which Figure 1 represents a front View of a clock with mydevice attached, and the door of a case removed. Fig. 2 is a verticalcross-section of the same on line was of Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a horizontalsection on line y 3 with the device extended. Fig. 4 is a similar viewwith the device drawn back by the operator.

In the drawings, A represents a clock of any size or configuration,which is in this instance inclosed in a case, B, so that the clock canbe placed in the store, factory, or other desired place, and can belocked by the proprietor or other authorized person. The hour-hand a ofconcussion.

this clock is provided with a projection or pin, 1), which is intendedto force out one of a series of pins, 0, at certain specified intervals.These pins are arranged in an auxiliary face, 0, that is secured in asliding face or frame, D. The face C is open in its center, so as topermit a view of the hands and numbers on the dialplate E 5 and thesliding frame is provided with a guide-piece, (Z, on each side, whichfreely moves between guide-pins or equivalents e as it is manipulated.The guides are provided with suitable notches, f, at their rear ends,with which across-bar, g, engages. This cross-bar has, preferably, aneye or staple, h, secured to it, to which a wire or cord, 13, isattached, so that the sliding face can be operated by the attendant bypulling upon said cord. A pair of springs, F, secured to the back of theclock, bear against the crossbar g, and serve to force the sliding faceDiforward until the time has arrived which is to be indicated on theauxiliary face, when. the attendant must be present to pull the wire orcord, by which operation. one of the pins 0 will be forced outward bycoming in contact with the projection I). These pins may be arranged atany desired interval of time, although I have shown them to indicateevery quarter of an hour. I have also, preferably, shown the heads ofthe pins of a different color than the remaining pins. The pins have attheir rear ends another head, 0, made of wood, leather, or othersuitable material, with which the projection 6 comes in contact. On eachside of the back of the clock, where the cross-bar bears against saidback, is attached a piece of felt, cloth, or other material, to preventnoise, and also to prevent any pins being forced out on the oppositeface by In case the clock is placed in an office instead of the factory,store, die, the case 13 may be dispensed with, as the attendant can Ipull on the wire at any point designated.

The operation is as follows: The wire or cord being attached to thecross-bar g and carried to any part of the building at which thepresence of the attendant is, to appear at a certain time, he pulls ordraws upon the wire or cord, when the sliding face with its pins will bedrawn close to the dial-face of the clock. The hand, whichever one,having the projection b, has arrived at the time to be designated, oneof the pins 0 will come in contact with said projection, and will beforced out. In the morning the pins can be seen by the proprietor orother authorized person, who then pushes them back to their normalposition. lhe springs F always force the sliding face back again to itsplace until again the Wire or cord is drawn upon by the attendant. Thesliding face may be the face of the clock detached, or it may be aseparate piece.

The many advantages of my improved de vice need no further eonnnemlationhere than that it is always reliable, positive, simple in construction,it cannot be ian'ipered with, does not get out of order, is inexpensive,and can be readily applied to any clock, and it can be made of any sizeand 0t any suitable material.

. Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 18-

11.. In a clock, a sliding time provided with an auxiliary face havingpins to be operated by a projection on one of the hands when the saidsliding face is drawn upon by an attend ant, substantially as specified.

2. A sliding l'ace, D, provided with an aux iliary face, 0, containingpins 0, :n'ranged at stated intervals, and operated by coming in contactwith a projection on one of thehands, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

3. A sliding face, 1), provided with an auxiliary :t'ace, (3, containingpins 0, and operatelfl bya projection on one 01' the hands, incombination with springs F, tor forcing the face inlo its normalposition, substantially as set torth.

The combination of a sliding face, 1), having guides cl,locked by across-bar, g, and held in position by springs F, with the auxiliary1aceO,provided with pins 0, operated by a prni.

jection, '1), on one 01' the hands, substantially as and tor the purposeherein specified.

A sliding time provided wi th an auxiliary face having movable pinsoperated by a projection on one of the hands, against which it

